Burke and Doug Farrar are examining every NFL team's offseason and published the Bengals report card today.

From Burke:

The Cincinnati Bengals' front office operates almost more like an NCAA team than an NFL organization. When a player's time is up in Cincinnati, there are no tears shed, no bemoaning the franchise's frugal financial plan. Rather, the Bengals "recruit" a replacement via the draft and move on with their business.

"We've continued to cultivate the nucleus of the team by coaching them, drafting them, re-signing them, allowing them to mature here," head coach Marvin Lewis said after signing a contract extension in March, one that will carry him through the 2015 season. "The leadership of the team stays pretty much intact."

Cincinnati sat idly by this offseason as DE Michael Johnson, OT Anthony Collins and CB Brandon Ghee (among others) departed via free agency. Promising young WR Andrew Hawkins, a restricted free agent, then did the same by inking an offer sheet with the Browns; Cincinnati declined to match and let him walk.

Amid a quick-moving, free-spending NFL market, the Bengals are one of the outliers.

Burke also discusses the Bengals' "cautious approach" and calls CB Darqueze Dennard their best acquisition, DE Michael Johnson their biggest loss and DE Will Clarke their underrated draft pick. He also wonders whether BenJarvus Green-Ellis' time with the Bengals is up.